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JBF claims to be some kind of Calvinist. He says he holds to about "half of each of the letters of T-U-L-I-P" (the five points of Calvinism for those who are scratching their heads at this point). "GodsGrace" challenged him on it and he failed to explain what he meant. For example, how one...

Yes--I understood what you meant from the beginning of the discussion.

Yes. That's why I called him on it. He's obviously into KJV-mysticism and apparently he wants to try to recruit us into his cult.

No, you have been going on and on about the KJV for what seems like months (although I suspect it is only days). Just tonight you said that you came across a heresy and that it shook your faith but that there is one line of Scripture from the KJV that refutes it. So, if you were that concerned...

You have already done that to those who are weak in the faith, by insinuating that there is some kind of "poison" lurking in other translations and only YOU have the antidote to disprove the "heresy".

Sooooo, let me get this straight. If I express confidence in my faith, refusing to allow you to fill me with fear and loathing, I am "proud"? Then name them or leave us in peace. You are misapplying that bit of Scripture (1 Corinthians 10:12). The passage is speaking about temptation to...

You know nothing about me or my faith. I can't imagine anything you could say that would destroy my faith. Faith is a gift from God, remember? Posting about bogeyman passages in the NIV or NASB is just silly. My faith does not hinge on exact wording.

For simple reading, I use the NLT. For in-depth study, I use the NASB.

, I was careful to recommend real translations and not paraphrases as the paraphrases tend to stretch too far from the original text and, often, in my opinion, distort the message. Translations come in two forms--word-for-word (NASB) and "dynamic" translations (like the NLT) which have a...

Yes, I know. But, as a child, it confused me. :D

What nonsense. We are all adults here--no need for any fake paternalism. Punishment for causing someone to "stumble" as a result of you sharing something you believe is true? Whatever happened to--"There is now therefore, no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."? There is prune...

re: "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want--" I always wondered why we wouldn't "want" the Lord as our shepherd! What's funny about kids is that they will often be confused but not ask an adult for clarification. LOL Another one that always left me scratching my head was why they called...

:D A lot of churches have gone to the ESV--probably as a compromise between those who grew up on the KJV and those who prefer a bit more modern translation. It seems okay but I just couldn't get into it.

Yes. What started me on the journey of faith was The Late Great Planet Earth. Go figure. It wasn't until I got saved at a Pentecostal ladies' Bible study that I began to read voraciously from the Bible. I started with the NIV (the old one--I don't like the more recent edition), moved through...

But after all of this, the message has not been altered from that which can be understood by a child of 9 or 10. No matter which translation you choose, you can trust them to bring the power of the gospel into a life. "Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God" and "For it is by...

Yet, you refuse to provide those "damnable heresies" for us to examine.

*sigh* This is so very tiresome. Babies do NOT commit sins. They are born into a sinful world and will, no doubt, learn to sin soon enough. This is the meaning of Psalm 51:5. Why don't you quote 51:6 where it is clear that the Psalmist, David is making just that point. Does that mean that...

That is what the Calvinists teach. Calvin got it from Augustine--in fact, so close was Calvin's theology to Augustine's that theologians initially referred to Calvinism as "Calvinistic Augustinianism". The RCC went to infant baptism under Augustine (the early church only baptized believers) as...

My point was that Biblical Hebrew only has about a 5,000 word vocabulary and no punctuation (compared to about 110,000 words for English). Much of the meaning of a word depends on its context. In this case, the context was the demonic deception of necromancy and the point of view was Saul's...

There is no such thing as punctuation marks in Hebrew. If there were quotation marks around Samuel, we would know that it was a fake Samuel. I am okay with it either way--it is a minor point. It seems inconsistent with God's character to allow a sorceress and necromancer to use the departed...